Phoeun Pha wrote:

> "Security
> Don't use hidden fields to pass any sensitive or important variable 
> (e.g., "price" or a limitation on record set returns). While it's less 
> of a problem with ColdFusion, it takes seconds to hack a page written 
> in Perl or any CGI/server-side language that passes hidden form field 
> variables. (Hacking 101: simply save the page source as an htm file,
> change the hidden variable to a price or limitation you like better, 
> and pass your new local page to the absolute URL of the processing page."
>
> How does one pass a local page to the absolute URL of the processing page?

By substituting the location of the action page, which is usually a 
relative URL, with the absolute URL of the action page and pressing 
"Submit".

Jochem

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